ALL HAIL LELOUCH!!!
Is he or isn’t he?! That is the biggest question that has hit the forums since the release of Episode 25.
Major spoilers for the end of the series
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【副業】マリンナッツ ありさは詐欺？口コミと評判について
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
Code Geass R2 Episode 25 Re;
ALL HAIL LELOUCH!!!
Is he or isn’t he?! That is the biggest question that has hit the forums since the release of Episode 25.
Major spoilers for the end of the series
Read more!
Monday, September 15, 2008
Code Geass R2 Episode 23
Nunnally takes a stupid pill!
Click here if you want to ruin the episode for yourself...
I just got done watching episode 23 of Code Geass R2 and I feel like stabbing some people in the face. Nunnally is the biggest candidate. I do not know if she really is brainwashed, geassed, or just plain stupid, but she can die now for all I care. Her brother Lelouch has done EVERYTHING for her from the time her "family" threw her away/hide her from danger. Schneizel was off playing war when you were all but forgotten at that school. Schneizel is the brother who just gunned down Cornelia for objecting to his cruel ways. Sure Lelouch killed Euphemia, but that was an accident, even if he fails to tell other people of that fact. Your dear brother Schneizel capped your sister on purpose and I hope you are not dumb enough to realize he will throw you in the line of fire to crush Lelouch. Lelouch was the one who has left the battlefield TWICE to search for your blind self. So, I believe this episode should have been entitles Nunnally's mask, as she is following Schneizel recklessly without even hearing Lelouch's side of the story.
Another thing that brought pain to my soul was Lelouch relying on Nina. It seems as if this psychopath is going to make it to the end of the series. Of course she is trying to mend her ways and is SHOCKED that people are using her weapons as...weapons! Hopefully it will turn out the only way to stop the F.L.E.I.J.A. is her flinging her body into the massive weapon. That will redeem her for violating that table and my eyes on many of occasion.
There were a few touching scenes in this episode. I know this is my inner yaoi girl speaking, but Suzaku trying to shake some sense into Lelouch was a great show of friendship and loyalty (and a great source of yaoi fanfiction). His comment about being Lelouch's sword was great, a sign of that Suzaku finally believes in Lelouch LIKE HE SHOULD HAVE ALL ALONG (of course, with two episodes left, he could just be a spy or something equally as upsetting and crush my dreams). C.C and Lelouch had a very nice moment discussing how Lelouch has grown and now can't only focus on Nunnally like he has in the past. Perhaps C.C. will change her mind and want to live, even if I feel she will die in a fiery blaze with Kallen to save Lelouch.
Kallen deserved a little stabbing in the episode as well. Was she not the one kissing Lelouch last episode? Now it seems as if Kallen and Gino will become at item if they survive this war. Kallen really disturbed me with her turn coat attitude. She of all people should realize Lelouch always has something up his sleeves. She knew about Lelouch's identity for so long and yet she still chose to believe Schneizel. Seriously, doesn't anyone care about the other side of the story anymore?! Ougi and his traitor self almost died in this episode, which is what he deserves. He played a big part in turning people against Lelouch. However, with a baby on the way, it seems as if he may get a happy ending with his new little family. Clamp is against happy endings half the time, so who knows on this situation.
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I still have faith in karmic justice...
We are getting down to the end folks and I think we should expect heavy causalities from both sides. With all the changing sides and stabbing people in the back, who knows who will be left standing at the end of the day? If I were a normal citizen in this world, I would care less who won, as it seems like both sides are after the same thing. Let's just pray to God that Nunnally is the one left in charge of the whole world....
ALL HAIL The Princess of Ignorance!
Nunnally, you going to ask where you sister is?!
Another thing that brought pain to my soul was Lelouch relying on Nina. It seems as if this psychopath is going to make it to the end of the series. Of course she is trying to mend her ways and is SHOCKED that people are using her weapons as...weapons! Hopefully it will turn out the only way to stop the F.L.E.I.J.A. is her flinging her body into the massive weapon. That will redeem her for violating that table and my eyes on many of occasion.
Please....please just die.
Wtf is the purple stuff?!
There were a few touching scenes in this episode. I know this is my inner yaoi girl speaking, but Suzaku trying to shake some sense into Lelouch was a great show of friendship and loyalty (and a great source of yaoi fanfiction). His comment about being Lelouch's sword was great, a sign of that Suzaku finally believes in Lelouch LIKE HE SHOULD HAVE ALL ALONG (of course, with two episodes left, he could just be a spy or something equally as upsetting and crush my dreams). C.C and Lelouch had a very nice moment discussing how Lelouch has grown and now can't only focus on Nunnally like he has in the past. Perhaps C.C. will change her mind and want to live, even if I feel she will die in a fiery blaze with Kallen to save Lelouch.
The author is thinking happy thoughts.
Probably the last calm moment they will ever have.
Kallen deserved a little stabbing in the episode as well. Was she not the one kissing Lelouch last episode? Now it seems as if Kallen and Gino will become at item if they survive this war. Kallen really disturbed me with her turn coat attitude. She of all people should realize Lelouch always has something up his sleeves. She knew about Lelouch's identity for so long and yet she still chose to believe Schneizel. Seriously, doesn't anyone care about the other side of the story anymore?! Ougi and his traitor self almost died in this episode, which is what he deserves. He played a big part in turning people against Lelouch. However, with a baby on the way, it seems as if he may get a happy ending with his new little family. Clamp is against happy endings half the time, so who knows on this situation.
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I still have faith in karmic justice...
Kallen and her traitor self!
We are getting down to the end folks and I think we should expect heavy causalities from both sides. With all the changing sides and stabbing people in the back, who knows who will be left standing at the end of the day? If I were a normal citizen in this world, I would care less who won, as it seems like both sides are after the same thing. Let's just pray to God that Nunnally is the one left in charge of the whole world....
The Princess of Peace with a weapon of mass destruction...
Lelouch is about to kick your blind butt!
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Code Geass
Most people will tell you that Code Geass is Gundam and Death Note’s love child. I really think it is much more than that. The basic storyline is as follows: Guy wants revenge for his dead mother and forgotten sister. Guy meets girl with power and he in turn gets a power. Guy starts up an organization to fight THE ENEMY. Guys old best friend ends up on the other side of this dispute. Insert mechas and different fractions of powers coming together to fight in a war where the intentions of those in charge are not known. Also insert a few love interests with questionable size breasts. All and all, many people can see parts of this anime and say, yep, been there, done that, nothing new there. Well, while it might sound like a cookie cutter anime, I find it far from it.
Spoilers ahead...
Let’s take the revenge aspect. Lelouch, the main character, wants revenge on the Emperor of Britannia for the death of his mother and the treatment of his sister. However, Lelouch is the CROWNED PRINCE of Britannia and the person he is after the most is his father. However, he spends a great deal of the series trying to kill all his other siblings (the Emperor has like 15 kids it seems like!) so it makes me wonder why he only loves the one, Nunnally. It just seems odd that he can pick and choose who he loves in his family, because had he and Nunnally stayed within the royal family, I am sure they would have been brought up with the same ideal system. But I quite enjoy the son trying to kill his father aspect of this show.
The guy meets girl with power part was not as typical either. Most of the time the girl runs up to the guy and says I have been looking for you all my life, you are the one!!! Nope, C.C. gets her happy self SHOT IN THE HEAD. 0_o The best friend, Suzaku, also gets shot! This first episode was having a high death count and it just started! Then C.C., the girl with POWER, gets up and makes a contract with Lelouch. He then receives a Geass. A geass is also referred to the Power of the Kings and each geass is different. Most geasses start in one eye to activate it’s power and in most instances, you have to look at your victim to activate it. There are different rules and limitations to each geass. Lelouch’s geass is the ability to tell a person to do something. For instance, he first used his power to tell the soldiers to kill themselves and they all pulled out guns and shot themselves. Another geass used in the series is the ability to rewrite people’s memories. Most geasses tend to mess with the mind. In a typical scenario, having this new power takes practice and by the end of a series, the person has mastered it. In Code Geass, your power can kill you. After repeat use, you are unable to control it and that can lead to the accidental massacre of many people. Lelouch has to wear contacts and hide his eyes a great deal of the time. Also, these Geasses have many limitations. Lelouch’s geass is discussed most in the series and a great number of limitations are placed on him, the biggest being he can only use this power once per person. He cannot continuously tell people what to do. People can also have to be able to answer his question and it frustrates him at times when he continuously asks people who killed his mother and they simply DO NOT KNOW. He has to have eye contact with a person and he cannot use his ability over television or radio waves. There have also been some problems with people not completely following his commands, as they go too far from the victim’s moral stand point. At best, his Geass gives him a heads up, but in some instances, it screws over his plans.
Now Lelouch is not your typical leader. In reality, he really does suck. The anime opens up with a chess match and that is how Lelouch sees his organization, as a pawn to use to reach HIS goal, not the goal of the collective (borg moment :O). The organization he ends up running is a resistant group. 7 years ago, Japan was taken over by the Britannian Empire and they are forced to life as second class citizens known as Elevens. They are fighting to get their rights and land back. Lelouch uses their goals for better life and to regain what was taken from them to his advantage to destroy the people he feels has wronged him. Of course, he has to hide his indentify, because…you know…the Elevens are not really keen on Britannian citizens, let alone a crown prince. This group starts off with a few rag tag individuals who can barely steal one mecha and soon he gains the power of all resistant groups in Japan (area 11) and of what use to be China. They are renamed the Black Knights and become an actual enemy worth fighting. Behind the scenes though, it is mostly Lelouch’s geass that turns the tide in their favor. Without his geass, their group had no chance of surviving.
So, Lelouch’s childhood friend, Suzaku, ends up on the side of the Britannian Empire. But in reality, Suzaku is the LAST person who should be supporting the Empire. His father was the Prime Minister of Japan before the takeover. His home land and way of life has been infringed by these invaders, yet he wishes to support them. He starts off as a regular solider in the military and through a series of events, he ends up being a Knight. He is still considered by most an untrustworthy Eleven (most Britannians use the word Eleven as a very derogatory word). But he still thinks he is doing the right thing. He acknowledges that the Empire’s ways are wrong, but he is under the delusional impression if he can work for the Empire, he can help work towards change. In most cases, I feel as if he thinks that the Japanese people should just stop fighting and all become honorary citizens to avoid further bloodshed. He wants to fight to avoid more countless deaths, yet it is revealed later his intentions are less than stellar and have changed the entire course of history (he KILLED his dad so Japan would not fight back in the initial attack of Britannian. Mmm, so he wanted to save lives by killing a countries leader….sounds like someone else we know.) Suzaku is often used a pawn in people’s plans and he gets bounced around a lot. Currently he is serving under the NEW emperor.
Again, one might think this is a typical mecha show with all the different sides fighting each other. However, I tend to think these mechas are more unique than others I have seen in the past. The basic ones are called Knightmares and are the typical soldier ones, aka those in red shirts and are expendable. The more “main characters” get custom mechas that have something special about them. Oh, and all these special mechas have different names, so it can get a little confusing as this series has MANY individuals with their own special mechas. This series also differs in the aspect of what is really possible. I realize that sentence might be a little ridiculous considering I am talking about mechas in the first place. But some of the mechas in Code Geass are…really unfair. :P One particular model gets an upgrade that has the power to obliterate a huge area (it killed over 25 million with one blow). Sorta hard to fight a machine with that kind of power. But as long as both sides get these “unfair” mechas, it all evens out in the end (well, except for those 25 million normal citizens who had no time to run, I guess it is not fair to them :P). In the end though, having this many special mechas is a great marketing idea and the model kits should be endless.
As for the fractions of power, in most mecha animes, people are fighting for control over a certain land or resource. They feel as if their nation/group deserves to be in charge and they will fight to overthrow the current power/faction. The Britannian Empire seems to be a power that just wants to take over the entire world, to have all the countries and resources for themselves and that the people that inhabited those areas before can be spared as long as they give up their identity and national pride. The Black Knights think they are trying to win back their independence and later, help fight to overthrow the oppressive Britannian Empire. In reality, that is not what the leaders have planned. I have already discussed what Lelouch’s main goal was, to avenge (find out) his mother’s death and create a world where people like his sister can live in peace (although, I am sure should would want her siblings alive too). Perhaps he feels his father’s ways are wrong, but most of the time he really does not care what happens to Area 11, as long as HIS goal is reached. Now, it has been revealed recently that the Emperor, Lelouch’s father, had a different goal in mind than simply taking over the world. When he was younger, the Emperor Charles and his brother lived in a world where everyone was killing each other to try to take over the throne. They decided to make a promise to work towards making a world where there are no lies and people would not hurt each other (this of course, epically FAILS when V.V, the brother, goes and shoots up Charles’ wife and Lelouch’s mother, Marianne for apparently distracting Charles, but in actually, she was ruining the potential contract between the brothers.). The show takes a supernatural turn (in case it wasn’t supernatural enough with the geasses) when Charles is able to go to the Sword of Akasha, part of or actually the land of C, it being the will of mankind (yeah, it gets a little complicated so forgive me with how I choose to break it down). This place is where the gods control our life and Charles, Marianne, and V.V. (also to an extent C.C.) were planning to somehow pull an Evangelion on our butts (minus the orange tang) and create world where everything is connected and nothing is hidden. In this magical world, those who were lost can be bought back and time apparently will just stay still, there will be no progression. Now, with all that confusion SAID, the main reason Charles is trying to blow up the black knights and most of Japan is not because he cares they are trying to overthrow him, but he is trying to find C.C. to get her code. A code is basically the immortality of the person who gave you the geass in the first place. Once your geass reaches an advanced stage, the person who gave you the geass can give you their immortality in exchange for the geass you got (then the giver dies, happily I might add cause they get sick of living. That is what the CONTRACT is between the giver and taker, that one day the taker will kill the giver, awesome.) Yes, if you are still following me, this actually does make sense if you watch the entire series (even if most of this information came from one episode). So while 99 percent of the world thinks they are fighting a war to gain some land and natural resources, it is actually a plot to turn almost turn us into tang babies. :O
Ah, the love interests. It is not your typical boy meets girl, boy rejects girl because of his dangerous position in life, girl pursues boy and in the end they ride off into the sunset. First of all, CLAMP has it’s hands on this people, you know that is a happy ending is not in the cards for most of these people. For both boys, Suzaku and Lelouch, there are a number of possible love interests. The two girls that both expressed in words their love for the boys and a willingness to help them with their cause…died. Accidentally. And meaningless. Lelouch’s geass goes out of control when talking to his one SANE sibling, Euphemia, who wanted to help the Japanese people out and work for peace. On the day of her plan to give the Japanese people back some of her land, Lelouch joked about killing them all…and suddenly, his geass goes insane and off Euphemia goes, on a happy killing spree, ordering her soldiers to kill a stadium full of innocent people. Lelouch, as Zero, ends up killing her to stop the madness and Suzaku is beyond pissed. Why Zero/Lelouch never tells the people close to him it is an accident it is beyond me. Now, Lelouch’s possible love interest was a Shirley, a useless girl whom I wanted to die since the moment she sent food on the screen, she gave me nightmares of Relena reincarnated. Earlier in the series, Zero leads the Black Knights on some missions and one of these missions kills her father. Through another character, Shirley learns that Zero is Lelouch and basically goes to crazy town. After an encounter with another geass user, Lelouch erases her memories so she does not have to suffer. Then, right when she finds out once again about Zero’s true identity, everyone’s memories get erased due to another geass user! During the second season, she runs into ANOTHER geass user who undoes all the geasses put on her (I am surprised her mind is not soup now or something), but she resolves this time to actually help Lelouch, that she loves him no matter what. Then enter another character, who thinks he is acting in Zero’s best interests, shoots and kills her. To the best of my knowledge, Shirley has had the most geasses used on her out of all the characters, despite not being able to fight or provide anything useful to Lelouch. Fear not though, Lelouch still have two possible love interests, even if one of them is currently pissed at him and the other’s main wish in life is to die. Suzaku might have had a chance with Lelouch’s OTHER sister Nunnally, but he might have killed her along with those other 25 million people. That and this author thinks that there is an attraction between the two boys anyway, that these girls are out of luck no matter what.
So, there is my reasoning on why this show is NOT just another mecha show with a familiar plot. This is my first anime review, so be kind to me please :P I wrote what I thought was a basic outline of the plot, it goes MUCH deeper into issues than this brief overview. For a more neutral explanation, I suggest you search it on Wiki. :P
Do I think you should pick up Code Geass (or find it from some NAUGHTY illegal source) and watch it? Yes I do! It has a lot to offer, it reaches many different audiences. There is romance, fighting, plot twists, perhaps a few ecchi moments, eye candy characters, scifi, comedy, ect! Be prepared to have to remember a lot of characters names. I also suggest watching this series for 1-2 block hours at a time, so you can better remember the events. No matter how awesome an anime series is, there are things that make people go 0_o, so here are a few things you should watch out for:
The crazy girl masturbation scene. Now most guys would find that pretty hot, but it wasn’t. The character Nina is creepy and hopefully will die really soon for putting those images in my head.
Random filler episodes. This anime has a lot of plot and action, so when all of a sudden people are running around with heart hats on their heads, it takes away from the..um there is a WAR going on aspect.
Pizza hut has survived the global take over and it is all the rage for immortal witches.
Fast pace plot. I found myself having to pause the computer at times so I could read all the information being given to me :O
If you can handle those few issues, then you are set to go (except for the masturbation scene..that is creepy no matter how you cut it and it is beyond random :P). This series is very good and I think it is too unique to be called the next Gundam Seed or Death Note. Anyone who reads this, please take an hour or two, watch a few episodes, and decide for yourself. Hope you have enjoyed my random overview of this series and I am sure I will write a conclusion blog when the series ends.
On a side note, I saw these really cute charms at AFO and I thought they were on the pricy side. Come to find out, they were reasonably priced and the girl who bought the entire box was right to buy them all. :( let me cry in the corner now!
The guy meets girl with power part was not as typical either. Most of the time the girl runs up to the guy and says I have been looking for you all my life, you are the one!!! Nope, C.C. gets her happy self SHOT IN THE HEAD. 0_o The best friend, Suzaku, also gets shot! This first episode was having a high death count and it just started! Then C.C., the girl with POWER, gets up and makes a contract with Lelouch. He then receives a Geass. A geass is also referred to the Power of the Kings and each geass is different. Most geasses start in one eye to activate it’s power and in most instances, you have to look at your victim to activate it. There are different rules and limitations to each geass. Lelouch’s geass is the ability to tell a person to do something. For instance, he first used his power to tell the soldiers to kill themselves and they all pulled out guns and shot themselves. Another geass used in the series is the ability to rewrite people’s memories. Most geasses tend to mess with the mind. In a typical scenario, having this new power takes practice and by the end of a series, the person has mastered it. In Code Geass, your power can kill you. After repeat use, you are unable to control it and that can lead to the accidental massacre of many people. Lelouch has to wear contacts and hide his eyes a great deal of the time. Also, these Geasses have many limitations. Lelouch’s geass is discussed most in the series and a great number of limitations are placed on him, the biggest being he can only use this power once per person. He cannot continuously tell people what to do. People can also have to be able to answer his question and it frustrates him at times when he continuously asks people who killed his mother and they simply DO NOT KNOW. He has to have eye contact with a person and he cannot use his ability over television or radio waves. There have also been some problems with people not completely following his commands, as they go too far from the victim’s moral stand point. At best, his Geass gives him a heads up, but in some instances, it screws over his plans.
So, Lelouch’s childhood friend, Suzaku, ends up on the side of the Britannian Empire. But in reality, Suzaku is the LAST person who should be supporting the Empire. His father was the Prime Minister of Japan before the takeover. His home land and way of life has been infringed by these invaders, yet he wishes to support them. He starts off as a regular solider in the military and through a series of events, he ends up being a Knight. He is still considered by most an untrustworthy Eleven (most Britannians use the word Eleven as a very derogatory word). But he still thinks he is doing the right thing. He acknowledges that the Empire’s ways are wrong, but he is under the delusional impression if he can work for the Empire, he can help work towards change. In most cases, I feel as if he thinks that the Japanese people should just stop fighting and all become honorary citizens to avoid further bloodshed. He wants to fight to avoid more countless deaths, yet it is revealed later his intentions are less than stellar and have changed the entire course of history (he KILLED his dad so Japan would not fight back in the initial attack of Britannian. Mmm, so he wanted to save lives by killing a countries leader….sounds like someone else we know.) Suzaku is often used a pawn in people’s plans and he gets bounced around a lot. Currently he is serving under the NEW emperor.
Again, one might think this is a typical mecha show with all the different sides fighting each other. However, I tend to think these mechas are more unique than others I have seen in the past. The basic ones are called Knightmares and are the typical soldier ones, aka those in red shirts and are expendable. The more “main characters” get custom mechas that have something special about them. Oh, and all these special mechas have different names, so it can get a little confusing as this series has MANY individuals with their own special mechas. This series also differs in the aspect of what is really possible. I realize that sentence might be a little ridiculous considering I am talking about mechas in the first place. But some of the mechas in Code Geass are…really unfair. :P One particular model gets an upgrade that has the power to obliterate a huge area (it killed over 25 million with one blow). Sorta hard to fight a machine with that kind of power. But as long as both sides get these “unfair” mechas, it all evens out in the end (well, except for those 25 million normal citizens who had no time to run, I guess it is not fair to them :P). In the end though, having this many special mechas is a great marketing idea and the model kits should be endless.
As for the fractions of power, in most mecha animes, people are fighting for control over a certain land or resource. They feel as if their nation/group deserves to be in charge and they will fight to overthrow the current power/faction. The Britannian Empire seems to be a power that just wants to take over the entire world, to have all the countries and resources for themselves and that the people that inhabited those areas before can be spared as long as they give up their identity and national pride. The Black Knights think they are trying to win back their independence and later, help fight to overthrow the oppressive Britannian Empire. In reality, that is not what the leaders have planned. I have already discussed what Lelouch’s main goal was, to avenge (find out) his mother’s death and create a world where people like his sister can live in peace (although, I am sure should would want her siblings alive too). Perhaps he feels his father’s ways are wrong, but most of the time he really does not care what happens to Area 11, as long as HIS goal is reached. Now, it has been revealed recently that the Emperor, Lelouch’s father, had a different goal in mind than simply taking over the world. When he was younger, the Emperor Charles and his brother lived in a world where everyone was killing each other to try to take over the throne. They decided to make a promise to work towards making a world where there are no lies and people would not hurt each other (this of course, epically FAILS when V.V, the brother, goes and shoots up Charles’ wife and Lelouch’s mother, Marianne for apparently distracting Charles, but in actually, she was ruining the potential contract between the brothers.). The show takes a supernatural turn (in case it wasn’t supernatural enough with the geasses) when Charles is able to go to the Sword of Akasha, part of or actually the land of C, it being the will of mankind (yeah, it gets a little complicated so forgive me with how I choose to break it down). This place is where the gods control our life and Charles, Marianne, and V.V. (also to an extent C.C.) were planning to somehow pull an Evangelion on our butts (minus the orange tang) and create world where everything is connected and nothing is hidden. In this magical world, those who were lost can be bought back and time apparently will just stay still, there will be no progression. Now, with all that confusion SAID, the main reason Charles is trying to blow up the black knights and most of Japan is not because he cares they are trying to overthrow him, but he is trying to find C.C. to get her code. A code is basically the immortality of the person who gave you the geass in the first place. Once your geass reaches an advanced stage, the person who gave you the geass can give you their immortality in exchange for the geass you got (then the giver dies, happily I might add cause they get sick of living. That is what the CONTRACT is between the giver and taker, that one day the taker will kill the giver, awesome.) Yes, if you are still following me, this actually does make sense if you watch the entire series (even if most of this information came from one episode). So while 99 percent of the world thinks they are fighting a war to gain some land and natural resources, it is actually a plot to turn almost turn us into tang babies. :O
Ah, the love interests. It is not your typical boy meets girl, boy rejects girl because of his dangerous position in life, girl pursues boy and in the end they ride off into the sunset. First of all, CLAMP has it’s hands on this people, you know that is a happy ending is not in the cards for most of these people. For both boys, Suzaku and Lelouch, there are a number of possible love interests. The two girls that both expressed in words their love for the boys and a willingness to help them with their cause…died. Accidentally. And meaningless. Lelouch’s geass goes out of control when talking to his one SANE sibling, Euphemia, who wanted to help the Japanese people out and work for peace. On the day of her plan to give the Japanese people back some of her land, Lelouch joked about killing them all…and suddenly, his geass goes insane and off Euphemia goes, on a happy killing spree, ordering her soldiers to kill a stadium full of innocent people. Lelouch, as Zero, ends up killing her to stop the madness and Suzaku is beyond pissed. Why Zero/Lelouch never tells the people close to him it is an accident it is beyond me. Now, Lelouch’s possible love interest was a Shirley, a useless girl whom I wanted to die since the moment she sent food on the screen, she gave me nightmares of Relena reincarnated. Earlier in the series, Zero leads the Black Knights on some missions and one of these missions kills her father. Through another character, Shirley learns that Zero is Lelouch and basically goes to crazy town. After an encounter with another geass user, Lelouch erases her memories so she does not have to suffer. Then, right when she finds out once again about Zero’s true identity, everyone’s memories get erased due to another geass user! During the second season, she runs into ANOTHER geass user who undoes all the geasses put on her (I am surprised her mind is not soup now or something), but she resolves this time to actually help Lelouch, that she loves him no matter what. Then enter another character, who thinks he is acting in Zero’s best interests, shoots and kills her. To the best of my knowledge, Shirley has had the most geasses used on her out of all the characters, despite not being able to fight or provide anything useful to Lelouch. Fear not though, Lelouch still have two possible love interests, even if one of them is currently pissed at him and the other’s main wish in life is to die. Suzaku might have had a chance with Lelouch’s OTHER sister Nunnally, but he might have killed her along with those other 25 million people. That and this author thinks that there is an attraction between the two boys anyway, that these girls are out of luck no matter what.
So, there is my reasoning on why this show is NOT just another mecha show with a familiar plot. This is my first anime review, so be kind to me please :P I wrote what I thought was a basic outline of the plot, it goes MUCH deeper into issues than this brief overview. For a more neutral explanation, I suggest you search it on Wiki. :P
Do I think you should pick up Code Geass (or find it from some NAUGHTY illegal source) and watch it? Yes I do! It has a lot to offer, it reaches many different audiences. There is romance, fighting, plot twists, perhaps a few ecchi moments, eye candy characters, scifi, comedy, ect! Be prepared to have to remember a lot of characters names. I also suggest watching this series for 1-2 block hours at a time, so you can better remember the events. No matter how awesome an anime series is, there are things that make people go 0_o, so here are a few things you should watch out for:
The crazy girl masturbation scene. Now most guys would find that pretty hot, but it wasn’t. The character Nina is creepy and hopefully will die really soon for putting those images in my head.
Random filler episodes. This anime has a lot of plot and action, so when all of a sudden people are running around with heart hats on their heads, it takes away from the..um there is a WAR going on aspect.
Pizza hut has survived the global take over and it is all the rage for immortal witches.
Fast pace plot. I found myself having to pause the computer at times so I could read all the information being given to me :O
If you can handle those few issues, then you are set to go (except for the masturbation scene..that is creepy no matter how you cut it and it is beyond random :P). This series is very good and I think it is too unique to be called the next Gundam Seed or Death Note. Anyone who reads this, please take an hour or two, watch a few episodes, and decide for yourself. Hope you have enjoyed my random overview of this series and I am sure I will write a conclusion blog when the series ends.
On a side note, I saw these really cute charms at AFO and I thought they were on the pricy side. Come to find out, they were reasonably priced and the girl who bought the entire box was right to buy them all. :( let me cry in the corner now!
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-Jeremiah is in on the plot. Now call me crazy, but someone who has devoted that much to a man would not go along with a plan to allow his master to die. He smirked twice, once after Zero jumped on him and once AFTER Lelouch died. That is not really a time to be smiling.
-Nunnally saw his memories. We all know she has the magical power to tell if people are lying when she touches them and some people assume THAT is what happened. I tend to believe Lelouch now has the ability to pass on his memory like C.C. does. To show how Nunnally’s power works now would only be too convenient and kind of lame fall back to explain the situation.
-C.C was happy at the end. She and Lelouch made a promise and I am sure that promise was for him to live. She had been trying to keep him alive for the past 50 episodes, why would she be so happy at the end. Some people assume she is happy because Lelouch “took” her code and gave it to Suzaku, thus granting her wish to be able to die.
-The wagon driver face was covered up. If this was just a normal person, why not show his face? There was a shot panning up the side of the wagon, focusing on the side of his head. If he is a plain old nobody, who cares about him? Of course, the idea of Lelouch driving a wagon is pretty amusing…
-C.C talking to Lelouch at the end of the episode. She says “Geass is the power of kings, it will isolate you… well, I guess that’s a little wrong… eh, Lelouch” She is stating that the power of the geass always ends with the person being miserable and alone..but corrects herself and says that is a little wrong. That has to mean Lelouch is alive or it makes no sense. If he is really dead, he would be isolated and so would she, so what is the little wrong part of that statement? She tipped her head to refer to the driver, not to the sky. The “little wrong” is that yes, Lelouch and C.C. are isolate, but they have each other to be with.
-Some people think the crane means Lelouch is alive due to Nunnally showing Lelouch how to make them. I see the crane as the promise of a peaceful work coming together.
- There are some who think Charles punishes Lelouch by giving him his Code/immortality to live in a world Schneizel creates. To me that only makes sense as Charles had to pass on his code to someone and he was only near Lelouch when that happened.
Is that Lelouch?!
Some people can’t get passed the fact the Code Geass is NOT THE NEXT DEATH NOTE! (It is also annoying since Death Note is not the first anime series to have the main character to die; stop acting like this is a new concept people). People assume that to make a great anime ending, the hero turned villain but really a hero HAS TO DIE. Um, no. It does not make Lelouch’s sacrifices less meaningful if he is really dead or not. To 99.99999999 percent of the world, he is dead. At most, three people know he is alive. His name is going down in history as the Demon Emperor. He really has to be dead in the sense he will never be with all his loved ones ever again and he will have to remain in hiding the rest of his days. That is a death in a different sense, but still a death. People who say that his act is cheapen by actually being alive are can’t think outside the box.
Besides, does Death Note has awesome chase scenes like this?!
So, do I think the anime ended well? Yes and no.
-Nunnally was annoying until the very end. She thinks she is being the container of evil by having control of the Damocles, but she only is messing things up. She tries to play the sympathy card and says that Lelouch cannot Geass her. Her chasing after him in her wheelchair was comical. Nunnally also had the weirdest reaction when Lelouch is stabbed and falls off the platform. She sort of seems okay with it until she touches him, she was way too calm. She almost talks to him in a casual way, leaning over him. Then she cries extremely loud while everyone else is having a party. I almost felt bad for her, but then I felt bad for the people she was “ruling” over. How stupid is that, considering Cornelia is still alive. Whoever left her in charge took a heavy hit from the idiot branch.
UNGRATEFUL TWIT!!!
:( i just want to hurt her a little...
Doesn't that look too calm?!
Dear Lord who left these two people in charge...
-Nina LIVED!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! What have I done to deserve this fate?! She was responsible for so many deaths. :( Nina is not allowed to be happy.
-Suzaku lived and I am quite happy with that. Despite the fact he STARTED this whole entire problem, he tried to fix it in his own special stupid way. I am sure the only reason he agreed to aid Lelouch was the promising of killing him at the end, for Euphemia. I think after time went on and he saw that Lelouch was not a bad guy, he felt bad about the promise he made. Oh and I did not believe for one minute that Suzaku actually died (YAY FOR AUTHUR THOUGH). Now I guess he can be happy serving as a symbol of peace, something he wanted from day one. Serving to push Nunnally around in her wheelchair is a bit much of a punishment though.
:( This makes me so sad...
-Diethard didn’t die?! WTF!!! See, no one can die in this anime who is truly important, more proof that Lelouch is alive. Perhaps his fate worse than death is he has to marry Nina.
-None of Black Knights were punished for their deeds. In fact, besides Kallen, they now are free to believe they were tricked by a false Zero all along and that they did the right thing. Kallen got what was going on AT THE LAST MINUTE! She really should have had more faith in her friend’s Lelouch and Suzaku. I also am not keen on Kallen living a carefree school girl life, given all that she has been through. It seems to me she should have joined a protective force or something…although I suppose they went that route so we could see the pictures on the wall (HOW IS DIETHARD NOT DEAD!!) In the end, the Black Knights get to live with the fact they were heroes and Zero really did not betray them.
-I enjoyed how Cornelia led the resistances…after Lelouch was killed. It was an anticlimactic thing for her to do. Cornelia is also a reason I think Lelouch is still alive, look how many times she was maimed and she came back fighting. While I am amused at the fact Schneizel is still a slave to Zero, I think Cornelia should have stepped up and served the people.
You better think about what you did!
Part of the show that was annoying was the massive amount of scene changes/connecting dialogue part. Yes, it has been done before, but it was annoying. We already know you are fighting and we all known you have something you must do. I rather it had focused on one battle/scene at a time rather than trying to give me a seizure.
To the bitter end...
While I think Lelouch had other options, I respect his way of thinking. He truly wanted to make the world a better place by uniting the world under one threat of evil. One could argue that Charles did the exact same thing, but Lelouch ended that family’s hold on the world. Lelouch wanted to take over the world and give it to the people. Not too many “villains” can say they did that. While it is a shame Lelouch could not expose what his father’s plan was and saved his own legacy, he did manage to get everyone to stop blowing each other out of the sky and work together to solve real problems in the world. So NO death note tards, Light and Lelouch are NOTHING alike. Light wanted to judge all of the people and decide what is right and wrong while Lelouch was fighting for people to have a tomorrow. Lelouch’s plan ACTUALLY WORKED unlike Light. And Lelouch went into this final plan willing to be painted the villain whereas Light wanted to be a god.
Poor Suzaku!
I actually do feel very bad for Suzaku. While I think that Lelouch is alive, I do not think Suzaku was in on the plan. Now he has to live with the fact he has killed his father and his best friend. He also has to pretend to be the person who killed Euphemia. He has to be Zero, he can never be himself. He has to pretend he died a hero and live in Lelouch’s footsteps for the rest of his life. His happy ending will probably not include a romantic interest (Kallen is always an option as she knows what really did happen and of course Nunnally, but I am mad at them both so they can rot in hell as virgins for all I care). He had devoted his life to Britannia to make up for his father’s death and now he is still repaying that debt.
An epic death on the battle field would have been better..
I found the death count rather low for this episode. Li Xingke should have died in a blaze of glory so he could be remembered as a war hero. Gino also should have died to save Kallen, which sent her in a rage against Suzaku. But since there were SO MANY other character death’s (and resurrection) throughout the show, perhaps the last episode was meant to focus on Lelouch’s sacrifice instead of other people’s. But I did enjoy the orange irony at the end (but why did Anya hook up with him anyway?!)
MMMM oranges...
With the ending of an anime series, you usually feel sad that it is over. With this series, it ended well. I say it ended well because people are going to talk about it for a long time, whether or not Lelouch is still alive. They left enough clues to prove he is alive, but there are also reasons why he has to be dead. A good show keeps people guessing and talking about it long after it is over. A good show leaves the audience hoping for a movie or an OVA to prove THEIR side is right and to prolong the show they love. For me, Code Geass was a very enjoyable show. It had a mix of every genre. I even enjoyed the mecha part of the show. I felt bad for some characters who died (poor rolo!!!) and laughed when others got their just desserts (yeah, you sucked Shirley). I felt frustrated when Lelouch decided to take on all the hatred into himself and I was pissed off at how people would turn on each other. I waited by the computer waiting for the latest subs. I wouldn’t go as far as SOME fans and say that with the end of this show, there are no decent animes out there. But this show was very good, reaching a large audience. I am sad it ended and will hope for a movie…just to prove that Lelouch is alive hehehe. But it ended on a good note, no unnecessary fillers and major plot holes. They managed to make Lelouch a real hero and not some evil dictator. They kept the action going at a good pace and the plot was fresh and unique. Code Geass is on the must watch list when I refer people to anime now. Thanks for the great ride Code Geass, it was fun.
Everyone and their happy endings...
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